Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/69/1 - January 1917 - Part 3
Film
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Tanks.
[[G Jties.?]]
[[Gorarus auggy?]].
LaBoiselle -
Irish Dossing up.
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?2. Reel 4
Titled.
Aust wd at Becourt.
w ambulance. going in.
Aust
Sending away from Becourt.
Aus Chalk Pit, unloading
water from horses.
Flying Pig
Aust The road to Pozieres.
Brit tanks move off. Black Out
(from ancre film).
Tanks to action
over trenches.
Film
Titled.
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[[Scoletrumm?]] waiting to
go over.
(Ancre film)
French 7SS in [[corking?]] barrage.
Guns following infy -
(drafting time out)
Enemy shall attack
Pioneers going out.
____________________________
Reel 5.
Pozieres Titeled.
Austr. resting in
Sausage gully.
Horses in crater Sausage gully.
Birdwood on horse.
In wood - talking to men.
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The boys from down under.
'Men in German helmets
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The Ĺeicesters enjoy a sunbath.
Suicide Corner.
Aust man going in. & out.
Horse Arty Brit going in.
8 in Hows firing.
Bombt. of ? Pozieres
G in hows.
Bombt.
"Shells shells & more shells for
guns. ...
(Loading big & small shells into
limbers.)
Big shells going up on lorry.
West Indians unloading.
///Guns of every calibre firing night & day
Our bombt. of P.
More guns.
Our bombt.
Gun & hows.
Austr. watching bombt of P.
More guns.
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Innocent looking hayricks.
Bombt of P. (not ours).
Guns
Bombt of P. (ours)
Guns & French mortar.
G. in hows.
Our bombt.
Guns.
Austr. field bty.
Austr How 4.5.
Our bombt.
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A near thing for one of our
convoys.
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Reel 6th.
Londons Pets.
Guards moving up. Brit.
Monster 12 in gun ... Brit.
Cavalry move after. Brit.
Rest for man & Beast Brit.
N.Z entraining
Panorama of ground
Fricourtwood
NZs detrain
Cheering highland Terriers.
Another Bde of Guards marching in.
(nothing Australian)
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Reel 7.
‹Official Pictures›
‹Attack of the Tanks.›
Rly brings stone to repair
damage.
Dumping metal.
Result of poor Roads.
getting a gun out.
"all together
Team of 16 horses.
‹ Troops being pushed forward.
‹ 111 Austr Divn being marched up.
‹ (near Comleny).
‹ 111 A rest by roadside Australians
‹ The Premier visits the front (Brit)
[[Landrey?]] xx
Army HQ.
Flying ground.
Durham Light Inf. going in.
The Queens resting marching off.
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Observation Balloon.
Collapsible Reservoirs charged
with gas.
Taken to the nest.
Gas forced into balloon.
Observers ascend.
_______________________Break. Reel 8.
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In case of accident descend by parachute.
Film
Fag Ends
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? duplicate.
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Reel 8. 9
Durham Light Inf on Road.
Shells being packed near a mill.
Firing 12 in gun.
_________________Reel 9. break.
Australian gunners firing in
German helmets.
Firing 4.5 " Hows.
Aeroplane [[Maurituns?]] xxx
Aeroplanes. in air.
Reel 9. 10
Australians at Becourt
Dressing station.
Kapp handing out books to
wounded prisoners
Handing back Iron X., Purso.
. Photos.
Examining prisoners
Film
Add.
duplicate.
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Sending Prisoners away.
Prisoners arriving & being sent off.
Aust troops (sham) cheering
short. King.
Highland Regiment coming out
along road.
NZ watching Highlanders pass.
__________________________Reel 10 break
Australians in Sausage
Gully with papers.
Road making (German Prisoners)
German guns.x Brit Inf going in.
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Photos of which
plates have to be
got from
British
1034 [[shorthand?]]. Topical
980 a collection of little
huts
CP.
901 S&G. view of [[? with ? of]]
[[? in the background]]
893 [[? ? on ? trench]]
895 [[no mans land in ? of trenches. ? ? ?.]]
894 [[shorthand?]]
900 Comfort [[in a tent.]]
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Cooks.
McCay
Illingwth.
AIF HQrs. Leave a/c
see Ross
Tell Howse all
Monday.
4.30.
Shopping.
W.O. Graves Register
& Picture Censoring.
Have they got my
article?
Tele re Hughes
Pam
[[Fngpters?]]
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